Plant Nurseries

Nursery Types • Nursery Design • Growing Plants • Pest Control

Nurseries vary widely in their scope of operation; some nurseries grow a large assortment of plants while others specialize in a plant category, such as flowers, garden vegetables, ground covers, or succulents.  Additionally, a nursery may focus on a certain phase of plant growth, such as propagation or growing out.  Some plant nurseries specialize in propagating houseplants or greenhouse plants while others specialize in growing particular plant species and varieties such as roses or orchids.

Many nurseries make use of greenhouses, which are made of glass or plastic tunnels.  A greenhouse protects plants from harsh weather while still allowing light to filter through.  Some greenhouses include automated temperature control, ventilation, watering, and feeding systems.

Nurseries are very labor intensive businesses.  The plants must be cared for and examined each day.  Most estimates say that 70% of the nursery expense is the manpower needed to keep it running optimally.

For such a labor intensive business, it is imperative to consider the climate where the nursery is located and grow accordingly, to avoid losing profit.  Many plants and shrubs that would grow well in a rainy location may not survive in a dry environment and vice versa.  Proper research and ongoing care are needed to ensure the long-term viability of the plant nursery.

PlantNurseries.us features convenient access to selected retail nurseries, wholesale nurseries, and online horticulture resources.  Home gardeners and landscapers can order plants online or by phone from many of these nurseries.

Retail Plant Nurseries

1. Spring Hill Nurseries
   
   This well-known nursery offers a broad selection of flowering shrubs, perennials, roses, bulbs, and ground covers.
   www.SpingHillNursery.com
2. Plant Delights Nursery
   
   Features unusual and hard-to-find garden perennials that also make great garden subjects.
   www.PlantDelights.com
3. Hortico
   
   Canadian source for roses, perennials, and flowering shrubs features worldwide shipping.
   www.Hortico.com
4. Song Sparrow
   
   Klehm's Song Sparrow perennial farms features peonies, daylilies, clematis, hostas, and other perennials.
   www.SongSparrow.com
5. Santa Rosa Gardens
   
   This Florida-based plant nursery features a wide variety of ornamental grasses and perennial plants.
   www.SantaRosaGardens.com
6. Twombly Nursery
   
   This Connecticut nursery features a large and diverse inventory of rare and unusual plants in all sizes.
   www.TwomblyNursery.com
7. White Flower Farm
   
   This family-owned nursery, located in northwestern Connecticut, is a premier mail-order source for plants, bulbs, and gardening supplies.
   www.WhiteFlowerFarm.com
8. Wayside Gardens
   
   South Carolina plant nursery and gardening source offers a broad range of perennials, bulbs, roses, trees & shrubs, and rare plants.
   www.WaysideGardens.com
9. Windowbox.com
   
   Features container garden supplies and gift plants, as well as useful container gardening information.
   www.Windowbox.com
10. Nichols Garden Nursery
    
    This Oregon-based nursery offers a selection of herb plants, rare seeds, gardening resources and recipes.
    www.NicholsGardenNursery.com
11. Avant Gardens
    
    This small, family-run Massachusetts nursery features annuals and perennials, grasses and sedges, rock garden plants, and woody plants.
    www.AvantGardensNE.com
12. Niche Gardens
    
    Mail order nursery located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina specializes in native perennials, trees and shrubs.
    www.NicheGardens.com
13. Graceful Gardens
    
    This New York State garden center features delphiniums, annuals and perennials.
    www.GracefulGardens.com
14. Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co.
    
    Missouri-based supplier of fruit trees, shade trees, flowering trees, shrubs, and roses.
    www.Starkbros.com
15. Greenwood Nursery
    
    This Tennessee-based garden center offers trees, shrubs, fruiting plants, and garden gear.
    www.GreenwoodNursery.com
16. Aquatic Plants of Florida
    
    Certified aquatic plants and tree farm grows Florida native plants, including fresh water plants, wetland plants and salt-tolerant plants.
    www.AquaticPlantsOfFlorida.com
17. Foliage Gardens
    
    This Washington-based fern nursery offers hardy native and exotic ferns.
    www.FoliageGardens.com

Wholesale Plant Nurseries

• Monrovia
  
  This producer of container-grown plants provides a large variety of "distinctively better" plants for garden centers.
  www.Monrovia.com
• Walters Gardens
  
  This wholesale grower of perennials specializes in growing quality bare root and starter perennials.
  www.WaltersGardens.com
• Hoffman Nursery
  
  Provides ornamental and native grasses to the wholesale trade.
  www.HoffmanNursery.com
• Star Roses
  
  Conard-Pyle and Star® Roses work with hybridizers all over the world to bring high quality roses to the market.
  www.Conard-Pyle.com
• Weeks Roses
  
  This major wholesaler offers popular, unusual, and award-winning roses, including fragrant roses, shrubs, climbers and miniatures.
  www.WeeksRoses.com
• Bakker Nurseries
  
  Ontario-based nursery ships wholesale woody ornamental nursery stock, roses and trees to Canada, the United States, and Europe.
  www.JCBakker.com
• Bailey Nurseries
  
  This wholesale nursery serves customers throughout the USA, Canada, and beyond.
  www.BaileyNurseries.com
• Briggs Nursery
  
  Wholesale grower located in Washington features ornamental nursery stock, with special emphasis on rhododendrons.
  www.BriggsNursery.com
• Bluebird Nursery
  
  Nebraska-based wholesale plant nursery offers perennials, herbs, grasses and wildflowers.
  www.BluebirdNursery.com
• Aldershot Greenhouses
  
  This Ontario-based nursery is a grower of potted roses and miniature roses.
  www.AldershotGreenhouses.com
• R. F. DeMarco Nursery
  
  Large New Jersey-based wholesale nursery features rhododendrons, azaleas, pieris and holly.
  www.RFDeMarcoNursery.com

Plant Nursery Supplies

• B&T Grower Supply
  
  Offers a broad selection of wholesale greenhouse and nursery supply products.
  www.GrowerSupply.com

Plant Resources

• National Native Plant Nursery Directory
  
  Features a list of native plant nurseries and sources of native plants, broken down by state.  Find the native plant you are looking for from a nursery near your home or office.
  www.PlantNative.com
• Horticopia
  
  Horticultural software references of plant pictures and data designed for garden centers, growers, and researchers.
  www.Horticopia.com

Related Nursery Plants and Gardening Sites

• Garden Plants - annuals, perennials, and flowering shrubs.
• Seed Catalogs - flower seeds and vegetable seeds for gardens.
• Tree Nurseries - shade trees, fruit trees, and evergreens.

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